Pakistan: Blast injures four in Jaffarabad

JAFFARABAD, (Dawn): At least four people were injured when militants hurled a hand grenade at a shop in Balochistan’s Jaffarabad district on Saturday, police said.

Muhammad Ayub, a police official, told Dawn.com via telephone that two militants riding on a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at a shop in Jaffarabad’s Osta Mohammad tehsil. He said four people sitting inside the shop were injured.

“The blast also damaged the shop,” Ayub said.

He said the injured were rushed to Osta Mohammad hospital for medical treatment.

“This was a targeted attack,” he added.

The strength of the blast also smashed the glasses of nearby shops as well.

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